Turkey has a long track record of trying to censor social media over political and religious reasons. Earlier this month, Twitter received the nation’s focus when it demanded that an account belonging to an opposition newspaper be censored, otherwise the site would be banned. Now the nation has turned its attention to Facebook with similar threats and demands, this time … Continue reading
We had quite a few rumors about HTC’s MWC 2015 contender the past few days. Now it’s time to turn our gaze back to Samsung’s tag team. While there is very little doubt as to what the flagship will be named, which will be the Galaxy S6, we’re now seeing some indication that its curved edge variant might be named … Continue reading
There are plenty of browsers out there today that web users can choose from including the old standby Internet Explorer and the newer Chrome and Firefox browsers among others. If none of those browsers is really your cup of tea, a new offering is coming down the pipes to add another contender to the field. The new browser is called … Continue reading
Jon Stewart found a lot of odd moments to cover during the Iowa Freedom Summit, from Sen. Ted Cruz channeling Ned Flanders to Texas Gov. Rick Perry channeling Howard Dean.
But the most bizarre moment of the weekend had to be Sarah Palin’s head-scratching speech, which has been described as “meandering and bizarre,” “weird” and “terrible.”
Here’s an excerpt:
“Things must change for our government. Look at it. It isn’t too big to fail. It’s too big to succeed! It’s too big to succeed, so we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people and same policies that got us into the status quo. Another Latin word, status quo, and it stands for, ‘Man, the middle-class everyday Americans are really gettin’ taken for a ride.'”
“You know, that’s the kind of talk you normally hear right before the pharmacist says, ‘Ma’am, you’ve got to leave the Walgreens,’” Stewart said on Monday night’s “Daily Show.” “Now we know what it’s like to get cornered by Palin at an open-bar wedding.”
Maybe Palin wasn’t setting the stage for a presidential run in 2016. Maybe she was doing something else entirely… and Stewart thinks he knows exactly what it is.
Check out the clip above to find out.
A 17-year-old boy died in a snow-tubing accident on Long Island Monday night, Newsday reported. It was the first reported death of the blizzard that struck the northeast this week.
Snow-tubing is a winter activity that involves riding an inner tube on snow.
Around 10 p.m., a teen from East Northport and two friends were outside, taking turns snow-tubing in Huntington, N.Y. One of the teens lost control and hit a light pole, Suffolk County police told ABC News.
According to Newsday, the teen was taken to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Suntory, the Japanese retailer of French-born carbonated orange-flavored beverage Orangina, proudly announced the release of new flavor “Lemongina“.
Suntory and Orangina Schweppes Group made it together and will release this exclusive drink in Japan for the first time in the world.
Lemongina will only be available at convenience stores in Japan after March 31. You won’t be able to get it in France!
Toyota fully re-vamped their minivan models, Alphard and Velfire.
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